Disc I01. Ride For Vengeance02. The Dragons' Flight Across The Waves03. Without Fear04. Victorious March05. Friends Of The Suncross06. Abandoned07. Amon Amarth08. Once Sent From The Golden Hall09. Siegreicher Marsch [Victorious March German version][2009 re-issue bonus]

Disc II[Strictly Limited "Pop-up" Edition Re-issue bonus][Live at Bloodshed Over Bochum, 28.12.2008]01. Ride For Vengeance02. The Dragons' Flight Across The Waves03. Without Fear04. Victorious March05. Friends Of The Suncross06. Abandoned07. Amon Amarth08. Once Sent From The Golden Hall

If anyone wants to listen to an album with catchy melodies and aggressive sound, Amon Amarth's "Once Sent From The Golden Hall" would be a very appropriate choice. Released in the year 1998, this is a perfect example of an album which represents the fusion of melody, aggression and speed ("speed" here refers to the fast guitars).

Amon amarth have released a lot of brilliant albums, but this is where it all started. Hegg's vocals aren't the best at this point, but they do fit in with the rumbling bass-lines and heavy riffs throughout. A brilliant start to a wonderfully successful career.

An ambitious album that somehow seeks to take instant charge of its listener and does not stop until the album is over. The longer songs here are my highlights, the anthemic 'Amon Amarth' a perfect way of introducing the band, whereas 'Victorious March' could stand head to head with any other Amon Amarth song to this day. Underrated isn't the word.

Cuca Beludo - 05.07.2012 at 22:38

Listened to it again after a year. It sounds so great after all this time Perhaps I should check the following two albums aswell. They sounded bad a year ago.

My favourite AA album, along with the quite different sounding With Oden On Our Side. Raw, melodic, and powerful, a special sound that got phased out after the first few albums. Dragon's Flight Across the Waves, Friends of the Suncross, and Ride for Vengeance are my personal highlights.